Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Athletes must take their place in the vaccine queue, says Coe
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Healthy Athletes should take their place in the COVID-19 vaccine queue behind people with more pressing needs despite events such as next year's Olympics looking s...
Dec 11, 2020
Mexico adds nearly 149,000 formal jobs in November
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) said on Friday that 148,719 tax-paying jobs registered with the institute were added in the month of November. Mexico shed some 1.1...
Dec 11, 2020
Exxon Mobil to cut 700 jobs in Houston -government notice
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp will lay off more than 700 workers in the Houston area, according to a notice it sent to the Texas Workforce Commission posted on Friday. The largest U.S. oil producer had...
Dec 11, 2020
As Israel and Moroccan Jews celebrate new ties, others are critical
By Ahmed Eljechtimi and Ari Rabinovitch RABAT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and Moroccan Jews on Friday celebrated an agreement to normalise relations between the two countries, but the largest party i...
Dec 11, 2020
As U.S. states disagree over COVID-19 vaccine plans, Perdue Farms asks CDC for help
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. chicken company Perdue Farms is urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to coordinate states' policies over who will receive COVID-19 vaccines fi...
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. Senate backs $740 billion defense bill by veto-proof margin; voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 75 members of the Republican-led U.S. Senate voted for a sweeping $740 billion annual defense bill as voting continued on Friday, a number larger than the two-thirds ma...
Dec 11, 2020
Walgreens, CVS Health to administer first vaccines to U.S. nursing homes on Dec 21 – executives
By Carl O'Donnell and Rebecca Spalding (Reuters) - CVS Health Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc expect to administer the first Pfizer Inc COVID-19 vaccines to residents of long-term U.S. nursing h...
Dec 11, 2020
Investors warm to Mexico, lifting peso, despite battered economy
By Abraham Gonzalez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico in 2020 plunged into its steepest recession in decades and suffered a credit ratings downgrade, yet the peso currency and instruments that measure so...
Dec 11, 2020
Facebook antitrust cases assigned to U.S. judges named by Obama
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawsuits filed against Facebook Inc by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state on Wednesday were assigned to two U.S. judges in Washing...
Dec 11, 2020
Portugal’s daily COVID-19 deaths hit record high
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal reported 95 deaths linked to COVID-19 on Friday, its worst daily toll since the pandemic started, as countries across Europe struggled to contain a second wave of infection...
Dec 11, 2020
